Principals

The Principles of 21st Century Principals

St. Clair County Principal Retreat
July 28, 2008

Brandi Caldwell
brandi.caldwell@sccboe.org
http://leadbyexample.edublogs.org

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Amazing resource for you and your faculty

Principals role- support, encourage, facilitate, provide, promote
My favorite principal's page and blog is here http://principalspage.com/

Amazing Web 2.0 tools to help you Effectively Integrate Technology

Emphasize 21st Century Skills

Engage Students

Blogging	Dated posts which may allow comments	Edublogs Gaggle(student email)	Blogger
Wikis	Website allowing storage and collaboration	Wikispaces	Wetpaint
Publish/Collaborate	Applications that allow web viewing and sharing	Google Docs	Zoho
Online Conferencing	Audio, video, and app sharing for multiple members	Skype; Vyew	Vroom
Social Learning Environment	Synchronous and Asynchronous learning environment may have some video/audio capabilities	Ning; Wiziq	Yugma
Social Bookmarking	Online bookmark holder that allows sharing and networks	Diigo Delicious
Aggregators	Pages that collect RSS and other web stuff into one place	iGoogle	Pageflakes; Netvibes
:RSS	Readers collect feeds into one location	Bloglines	Google Reader
Survey/ Polls	Create surveys or polls	PollEverywhere	Survey Monkey
Visual Media	Picture manipulation and/or video editing, mixing, projects	Photostory; Fotoflexor	Animoto Teachertube
Picture Search	Picture search that is legal and uses Creative Commons license	Compfight; Flickrcc	Flickrstorm; CCsearch
Podcasts/ Audio	Audio manipulation and/or voice recording, mixing, projects	Audacity; Podomatic	Yackpack; Voicethread
Gaming	Games or game creation tools	Scratch; Alice
Quizzes	Quiz creation, storage, and data collection	Quizstar	Quia;
Accessibility	Text to speech and other UDL tools	Yakittome	Wordtalk
Graphic Organizers	Mindmaps and organizers to use with students	Gliffy	Bubblus; Mindmeister
Pictures	Storage, editing, and usable images	flickr, dreamstime	pics4learning